Cake-tin



UNTTED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

AMBROSE S. STEBBINS, OF NEVARK, NElV YORK.

CAKE-TIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,073, dated February 2, 1892.

Application filed May 25, 1891. $e1ia1 No. 394,032. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AMBROSE S. STEBBINs, of Newark, in the county of Wayne and State of New York, have invented a new and useful. Improvement in CakeTins, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to produce a contractible cake-tin by means of which thin circular cakes of diiferent diameters may be baked for the purpose of making laminated cakes, and also to provide the cake-tin with a removable cone center to facilitate the removing of the cake therefrom.

Theinvention is hereinafter fully described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the interior of a cake-tin, a part of the bottom being broken out and the hoop shown in two positions by full and dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device with a part of the hoop broken out. Fig. 3 shows a similar though deeper cake-tin with a removable cone, a part of the hoop being broken away. Figs. 4 and 5 show different-sized bottom plates for the device. Fig. 6 shows a slight modification in which a channel is formed for a part of the hoop to slide in. Fig. 7, drawn to a larger scale, is a cross-section on the dotted line 7 in Fig. 6.

Referring to the parts shown,A is the hoop orband of the cake-tin, divided longitudinally at one side with the ends lapping upon each other.

13 are bottom plates forthe tin, which are made in several sizes to correspond to the hoop when differently contracted. I prefer to make three or more of these bottom plates of different diameters for the purpose of baking layers for pyramidal cakes.

The upper edge of the hoop is formed with a bead a, except as to the part b, which laps upon the outside of the other part fof the hoop.

Thehoop is formed with an inwardly-turned flange c to hold the bottom plates B. These bottom plates are circular, each being formed with a peripheral projection d, and the hoop is formed with horizontal slots 6 just above the flange 0, out through which said parts cl project, as shownin Fig. 1, when the parts are put together.

There is butone slot in the inner endfof the hoop, but three or more are formed in the outer end h, every one of these slots in the part I; being capable of being brought to correspond with the slot in the part f as the hoop is variously contracted. By this means the hoop may be contracted to various diameters, a bottom plate being provided for each position of the hoop.

.The bead a is preferably formed over a wire core g, Fig.7, andis left for a distance slightly open below the wire, as shown, to form a channel 72., in which the plain part b of the hoop may slide when the latter is contracted or expanded. This keeps the part b of the 1100p snugly against the part fin whatever position the hoop may be relating to the matter of its contraction.

With the deeper bake-tins (shown in Fig. 3) a removable cone '2; is employed, the lower end Z of which is made cylindrical to fit within a circular down turned flange 7c of the bottom plate B. The cone fits the flange snugly so as to hold to place by friction; but it may be easily pushed downward through the bottom plate and removed therefrom, as indicated by its position shown in dotted lines.

The hoop A and bottom plate with the cone are preferably made of sheet-tin, like other similar devices.

XV hat I claim as my invention is-- 1. A cake-tin consisting of a hoop or band divided at one side, with its ends lapping upon each other, and a removable bottom plate for said hoop, the bottom plate having a peripheral projection and the hoop being formed with openings through its overlapping ends in which to receive said projection of the bottom plate, substantially as shown and described.

2. A cake-tin consisting of a contractible hoop or band divided at its side, with its ends I) and foverlapping, said end f beingformedwith a horizontal slot and the end I) being formed with a series of similar slots, so that when the hoop is variously contracted the slots in the end I) will successively correspond with the slot in the end f, and a bottom plate having a projection at its edge to enter said slots, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A cake-tin consisting of a hoop or band divided at one side, with its ends lapping upon each other, and a removable bottom plate having a peripheral projection, and the hoop being formed with openings through its overlapping ends in which to receive said projection of the bottom plate, the latter being provided With a removable cone, substantially as set forth.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 13th day of May, 1891, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

AMBROSE S. STE BBINS.

Vitnesses:

ENos. B. WHITMORE, M. L. MoDERMoTT. 

